Hedge your stock market bets with funds that can deliver returns in down markets Hedge Funds For Dummies is your introduction to the popular investing strategy that can help you gain positive returns, no matter what direction the market takes. Hedge funds use pooled funds to focus on high-risk, high-return investments, often with a focus on shorting so you can earn profit even when stocks fall. But there s a whole lot more to it than that. This book...

Explains the nature and structure of alternative investment options, including private equity and hedge funds, revealing what they do and how they have prospered since the global financial crisis.

Investing in Hedge Funds: Mastering the Art of Hedge Fund Investments to Help Secure Your Financial Future Delve into the world of sophisticated investing and unlock the potential for substantial returns. Whether you're an experienced investor looking to diversify your portfolio or a newcomer seeking to navigate the complexities of hedge fund investments, this audiobook is your comprehensive guide to mastering the art of hedge fund investing and...

Andrew W. Lo is the Harris & Harris Group Professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, and director of the MIT Laboratory for Financial Engineering. He is the coauthor of A Non-Random Walk Down Wall Street and The Econometrics of Financial Markets (both Princeton). The hedge fund industry has grown dramatically over the last two decades, with more than eight thousand funds now controlling close to two trillion dollars. Originally intended for...

Hedge Funds and Private Equity: Investing in Alternative Assets for Maximum Returns. Discover How Hedge Funds and Private Equity are Reshaping the Financial Landscape Investing in Hedge Funds and Private Equity has become increasingly popular in recent years as more and more individuals seek out alternative investment opportunities. However, for those who are new to the world of alternative investments, it can be difficult to know where to start....

July 2008. Four families are riding high on heady market returns until the body of Rene McAllister, wife of multi-millionaire Alan "Mac" McAllister, washes up on the beach after a daylong Fourth of July bash at the home of stockbroker, Matthew Wirth. Eager to avoid publicity, authorities dismiss her death as an accident.Days later, when the body of college drop out, Jamie Sherman, a neighbor to Wirth, is discovered adrift in his fishing skiff, investigators...

"Herschel Caine is a master of the universe. His hedge fund, built on the miracle of machine learning, is inches away from systematically sapping profits from the market. His SoHo offices (shoes optional, therapy required) are ready for desperate investors to flood through the doors. But on May 12, his mind is elsewhere--at his Cobble Hill townhouse and the dinner party designed to impress his flawless neighbors. When the soiree falters, Herschel...

"A visionary scientist creates a revolutionary form of artificial intelligence that predicts movements in the financial markets with uncanny accuracy. His hedge fund, based in Geneva, makes billions. But after an intruder breaks into his home, he has to try to discover who is trying to destroy him"--

The Little Book of Hedge Funds that's big on explanations even the casual investor can use. An accessible overview of hedge funds, from their historical origin, to their perceived effect on the global economy, to why individual investors should understand how they work, The Little Book of Hedge Funds is essential reading for anyone seeking the tools and information needed to invest in this lucrative yet mysterious world. Authored by wealth management...

What Hedge Funds Do provides a needed complement to journalistic accounts of the hedge fund industry, to deepen the understanding of non-specialist readers such as policymakers, journalists, and individual investors. What do hedge funds really do? These lightly-regulated funds continually innovate new investing and trading strategies to take advantage of temporary mispricing of assets (when their market price deviates from their intrinsic value)....